Trading sessions from first equity print to first listed option print
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-09-09, from When Do Options Start Trading After an IPO?.
| symbol | equity_debut | option_debut | option_listing_gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKHY | July 13, 2026 | July 14, 2026 | 1 |
| BLSH | August 13, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 2 |
| CBRS | May 14, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | 2 |
| CRCL | June 5, 2025 | June 9, 2025 | 2 |
| CRWV | March 28, 2025 | April 1, 2025 | 2 |
| FIG | July 31, 2025 | August 4, 2025 | 2 |
| FLY | August 7, 2025 | August 11, 2025 | 2 |
| KLAR | September 10, 2025 | September 12, 2025 | 2 |
| MDLN | December 17, 2025 | December 19, 2025 | 2 |
| QNT | June 4, 2026 | June 8, 2026 | 2 |
| RDDT | March 21, 2024 | March 25, 2024 | 2 |
| INIO | June 4, 2026 | June 26, 2026 | 15 |
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- 12 × 4
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol |
text | 12 distinct values (BLSH, CBRS, CRCL…) | |
equity_debut |
text | 11 distinct values | |
option_debut |
text | 12 distinct values | |
option_listing_gap |
number | 1 to 15 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
listings AS (
SELECT
ticker,
min(listing_date) AS listed_on
FROM global_markets.stocks_ipos
WHERE listing_date >= '2024-01-01'
AND listing_date < today()
AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY ticker
),
debut AS (
SELECT
a.ticker AS symbol,
min(a.date) AS debut_date,
argMin(toFloat64(a.close) * toFloat64(a.volume), a.date) AS debut_turnover
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs AS a
INNER JOIN listings AS l ON l.ticker = a.ticker
WHERE a.date >= '2024-01-01'
AND a.date >= l.listed_on
GROUP BY a.ticker
),
first_option AS (
SELECT
g.underlying_symbol AS symbol,
min(g.date) AS option_date
FROM global_markets.options_greeks AS g
INNER JOIN debut AS d ON d.symbol = g.underlying_symbol
WHERE g.date >= '2024-01-01'
AND g.volume > 0
AND g.date >= d.debut_date
GROUP BY g.underlying_symbol
),
paired AS (
SELECT
d.symbol AS symbol,
d.debut_date AS debut_date,
f.option_date AS option_date,
d.debut_turnover AS debut_turnover
FROM debut AS d
INNER JOIN first_option AS f ON f.symbol = d.symbol
ORDER BY debut_turnover DESC
LIMIT 12
),
sessions AS (
SELECT DISTINCT date AS d
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND date >= '2024-01-01'
)
SELECT
p.symbol AS symbol,
concat(monthName(p.debut_date), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(p.debut_date)), ', ', toString(toYear(p.debut_date))) AS equity_debut,
concat(monthName(p.option_date), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(p.option_date)), ', ', toString(toYear(p.option_date))) AS option_debut,
countIf(s.d > p.debut_date AND s.d <= p.option_date) AS option_listing_gap
FROM paired AS p
CROSS JOIN sessions AS s
GROUP BY symbol, equity_debut, option_debut
ORDER BY option_listing_gap, symbol
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